Tuyen Quang to host 3rd Int’l Hot-air Balloon Festival
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang will host the 3rd International Hot-air Balloon Festival from April 27 to May 2, according to organisers.
People join the 2nd International Hot-air Balloon Festival in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang in April last year (Photo: VNA)
Tuyen Quang (VNA) – The northern mountainousprovince of Tuyen Quang will host the 3rd International Hot-air BalloonFestival from April 27 to May 2, according to organisers.
The event is part of the Tuyen Quang Tourism Year 2024,which will be kicked off on April 27, aims to popularise its tourism potentialand lure more international and domestic visitors and investors to the province.
The festival will take place at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square with22 hot-air balloons flown by pilots from Australia, China, Japan, the Netherlands,Spain, Thailand, the UK and Vietnam. Visitors can experience the festival andperformances by DJ bands as well as joining exchange activities betweenstudents and pilots of international hot-air balloons from April 28 to 30.
Other activities will be held within the framework of theevent, including introducing tourism products and products of local craftviღllages, and a conference on investment, trade and tourism promotion in the province's ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas.
An unique tourism product with the theme "My Lam HotMineral - Miraculous Spring" will be launched on this occasion, along withthe organisation of a football tournament for women of ethnic groups in TuyenQuang and the national badminton club championship 2024.
The Tuyen Quang Tourism Year 2024 will kick offꦑ a series ofcultural, sport and tourism activities to promote the locality’s potential fortourism development, cultural and natural heritage values as well as tourismofferings. It is expected to stimulate tourism, turning tourism into aspearhead economic sector of the province.
This year, Tuyen Quang is aiming to welcome more than 2.7million tourists, earning 3.6 trillion VND (nearly 144 million USD) in revenue./.
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has been developing typical tourism products to meet the demand of domestic and international markets and turn tourism into an important economic sector in the province by 2025 and 2030.
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang posted a gross regional domestic products (GRDP) growth of 7.55% in the first half of this year, the General Statistics Office announced on June 29.
More than 1.8 million tourists visited the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang in the first six months of 2023, meeting 72.9% of the province’s yearly plan and showing a 44.2% increase year on year.
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The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
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For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
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The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
People join the 2nd International Hot-air Balloon Festival in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang in April last year (Photo: VNA) 
